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Last month there was some discussion of WTEagles
around Melbourne. In January I was surprised to see 3 WTEagles soaring above the
northern end of the main runway at Melbourne Airport. It was a very busy Sunday
afternoon at the airport (it was the day before the Australian Open Tennis) but
the birds kept well above the incoming planes.
Earlier in the day a friend had taken me into the Air Traffic
Control tower. We were delighted to see a Nankeen Kestral soaring around the
tower only metres away from the windows. The traffic controllers on duty that
day knew exactly what it was so it must regularly visit them.
A week earlier I had also seen a WTEagle above Cranbourne
Botanic Gardens, SE of Melbourne. It is good to see them so close to the
populated areas.
Happy birding,
Trevor Hampel
Murray Bridge
South
Australia
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